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	11/13/2007 Video Cards 3870's little brother. ATi HD3850 Quick Review Single slot, 256MB of GDDR3 memory, slower clock speed, and less power usage. Should we pay extra ~$30 for 3870?

ATi HD3850 Pictures and SPEC Physical SPEC Core name RV670. 55nm architecture made by TSMC Operate at 670MHz with 320 Stream Processors Memory using Hynix GDDR3 256bit Memory interface Operate at 830Mhz Supports PCI-E 2.0 Support Quad CrossFire (4 cards) on RD970 chipset motherboard Soft SPEC DX10.1 supported Shader Model 4.1 supported ATi UVD build in decoder It only requires one 6pin power input. same as 8800GT and HD3870. However, less power usage. The heatsink uses 1 slots, like 8800GT The core of HD3850. Same as HD3870. Core name RV670. 55nm architecture Crossfire Setup
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Testing Platform

Video Card
ATi
ATi HD3850
ATi HD3850 x2 (CF)
ATi HD3870

Gigabyte
nVidia Geforce 8800GT
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Motherboard
Asus
P35 ROG Blitz Extreme
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CPU
Intel
QX9650 @ 4Ghz
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Memory
G.SKILL
F3-12800CL7D-2GBHZ
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Hard Drive
Seagate
7200.10 320GB
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Power Supply
Thermaltake
Toughpower W0156RU 1200W
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Operation System
Microsoft
Windows XP SP2

Microsoft
Vista 32bit
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Testing Program
Futuremark
3Dmark06

EA, Crytek
Crysis

Massive Entertainment
World in Conflict

Czech software
Lightmark